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Etching of two skeletons and a nude woman, half skin and half skeleton, standing side by side against a pale background with handwritten text above.

Two skeletons and one half-skeleton, half-female figure, with contours of the overlying body. Etching by J. García Hidalgo, ca. 1691.

An etching shows two standing skeletons flanking a nude female figure whose right half is exposed as bone while the left half retains skin and musculature. Faint Spanish inscriptions run across the top of the plate, and the figures stand on a shaded ground line.

Artist
José García Hidalgo
Date
[1691?]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3282 px
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Español: Dos esqueletos y una figura femenina medio esqueleto, grabado anatómico

Un grabado muestra dos esqueletos de pie a ambos lados de una figura femenina desnuda, cuya mitad derecha es hueso visible mientras la izquierda conserva piel y musculatura. Breves inscripciones en español recorren la parte superior de la lámina, y las figuras se apoyan sobre una línea de suelo sombreada.

Português: Dois esqueletos e uma figura feminina meio esqueleto, gravura anatômica

Uma gravura mostra dois esqueletos em pé ao lado de uma figura feminina nua, cuja metade direita aparece como osso enquanto a esquerda mantém pele e musculatura. Inscrições breves em espanhol percorrem a parte superior da chapa, e as figuras se apoiam em uma linha de chão sombreada.

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